Board Thread:Roleplay Forum - Major Events/@comment-25104896-20180629222708/@comment-15185433-20180707152604

Rei already knew that she'll be the next one to be called so that didn't surprise her. What she found surprising was the amount of votes that was almost 25 million. She went to the stage feeling very happy although she was still in disbelief and expected to wake up next second.

"Hello, I'm Hoshikawa Rei of 150th Generation," she started as she came to the mic. "To be honest, I still half expect to wake up and be told that this was all a dream. How could so many people voting for me be a reality?" she shook her head. "But I am starting to realise this is not a dream and I'm really here. After being a member for more than three years, after asking myself over and over again what I'm doing wrong and trying to hide those feelings from everyone I didn't only reach senbatsu but I also got so many votes from you all..." she noticed that she was close to crying so she stopped for a moment to hold it in and smiled. "Thank you so much everyone! I can't put in words how happy I feel right now and how thankful I am to you all. Not only because you got me to 4th place but also for voting so much for all of the members. They are all great people who work hard everyday to reach their goals and make their fans happy and each and every one of them deserves to get millions and millions of votes. It's the whole group that makes AKB0048 as great as it is. Being in 00 has taught me so many important things about life. It taught me that real life can be as exciting as fantasy. It taught me that friendship is something that exists outside the books and other fictional works. It taught me to overcome my shyness and start trusting people again. And today it taught me that you should never give up hope. I'm very grateful for chance to get those experiences. I promise I'll continue working hard as 00 member and I promise that I'll keep feelings of all those experiences in my heart forever. Once again thank you all so much!"